Peace Owners II
Sunil Sigdel, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
90 × 120 cm each (3 pieces)

© Yogeshwar Amatya

In this work I have portrayed three politicians whose names I hear almost every day in the news. Peace Owners satirises leaders around the world and their arms race in the name of peacekeeping. I have infused their portraits with Buddhist imagery, taking motifs from the traditional Newar paubha and Tibetan thangka works, contrasting their war-like stances with the symbols of Buddhism, which advocate for peace.